Photos: Government back in business

Updated 1136 GMT (1836 HKT) October 20, 2013

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Government back in business – Tourists flock to memorials in Washington on Saturday, October 19, the first weekend after the end of the partial government shutdown. The Washington Monument and other landmarks across the country have reopened to the public after the 16-day shutdown. The government impasse ended when President Barack Obama signed a spending and debt ceiling agreement that Congress passed, averting a possible default.

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Government back in business – The giant panda Tian Tian keeps schoolchildren entertained at the National Zoo in Washington on Friday, October 18.

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Government back in business – A visitor checks out art in the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington on Thursday, October 17.

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Government back in business – The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History on the National Mall is back in business October 17.

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Government back in business – A U.S. park ranger helps a tourist at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington on October 17.

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Government back in business – Park rangers are on duty at the Lincoln Memorial on October 17.

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Government back in business – People line up for tickets to visit Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay on October 17.

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Government back in business – Museum specialist Richard Doerner winds the historic timepiece known as the Ohio Clock outside the Senate chamber on October 17. The clock stopped during the 16-day shutdown when federal workers were furloughed.

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Government back in business – Visitors to the U.S.S. Constitution walk up the gangplank for a tour in Boston on October 17.

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Government back in business – Tourists gather at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington on October 17.

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Government back in business – Visitors enter the Smithsonian Institution's Air and Space Museum in Washington on October 17.

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Government back in business – A worker blows leaves away from the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington on October 17.

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Government back in business – A tour guide leads tourists through the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on October 17.

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Government back in business – A worker cleans the fountain at the National World War II Memorial in Washington on October 17. The Lincoln Memorial is in the background.

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Government back in business – Barricades used to close the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial during the shutdown lie dismantled October 17 in Washington.

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Government back in business – Vice President Joe Biden greets Environmental Protection Agency workers with muffins at the Clinton Federal Building in Washington as they return to work October 17.

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Government back in business – U.S. park ranger Richard Trott picks up closed signs at the Lincoln Memorial after it reopens October 17.

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Government back in business – Washingtonians head to work near Pennsylvania Avenue on October 17 as federal workers return in force to their jobs after the shutdown.

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Government back in business – U.S. Park Service workers remove a barricade from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington on October 17.

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Government back in business – A National Park Service ranger takes down a notice about the government shutdown at the Liberty Bell Pavilion in Philadelphia on October 17.